F-2-15-09
A NEW EARLY WALKING AID - AN ADDITIONAL TOOL TO PREDICT THE FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME IN LOWER LIMB AMPUTEES
T L Landham (Disablement Services Centre, Medway Hospital, Gillingham, UK)
Z J Matti
Annually 150 patients attend the limb fitting centre for prosthetic rehabilitation. Unlike in many other Western countries where patients have to contribute towards their prosthesis, in the United Kingdom the entire cost of the artificial limb is paid for by the state health system. As a result there is a tendency for patients with doubtful potential to ask for artificial limbs, providing an extra burden on the resources. In addition, according to the quality standard requirements BS5750, patients should be supplied with new artificial limbs even for trial purposes. Therefore, an early walking aid with a special adaptor with fitting similar to the definitive prosthesis is used to evaluate the patient's potential to use an artificial limb and also convince the patient they have limited potential, physical ability and psychological motivation to go through prosthetic rehabilitation. We studied 45 patients, who were not suitable for prosthetic rehabilitation but were very keen that the Rehabilitation Team gave them a chance to try the artificial limb.
This study evaluates the outcome of the use of early walking aids to predict patients' ability to use a prosthesis. Early studies indicate that the majority of the patients who were told they were not suitable for prosthetic rehabilitation, benefited from the trial, saving a considerable amount of money and therapy resources.
F-2-16-01
THE CORRELATIVE ANALYSIS OF GAIT TIME PHASE SYMMETRY AND SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF WALKING FUNCTION FOR HEMIPLEGIA
ZHAO JI-FENG (China Rehabilitation Research Center)
Abstract--This paper is a gait analysts for hemiplegta patients. We research the interrelated analysis of gait time phase symmetry and subjective evaluation of walking function.
Using the VICON three-dimensional space movement analysis system, we have conducted gait analysis and calculated gait time phase symmetry index. A group of subjective evaluation for walking function contained of 6 doctors, they put forward subjective index of walking function.
We got the interrelated coefficient (r=0.61) and regressive equation (Y=-28.96+1.434x), correlative coefficient inspection t=2.5349>tll(0.05)=2.20L. According to the result we have known the gait time phase symmetry index is linear interrelation with walking function index for hemiplegia patients.
Key words: Gait analysis, Hemiplegia, Correlative analysis, Time phase symmetry, Walking function.
ZHAO JI-FENG, ZHANG XI-LIN, ZHU YONG-LIAN
